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Beneficiaries are public and private operators, bodies or firms responsible for initiating or initiating and implementing operations financed by Cohesion Policy funds. Operational programmes specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries.

Major projects are projects whose total costs exceed €25 million in the case of environment and €50 million in other fields and which have to be approved by the European Commission (and not just by the Managing Authorities in the Member States).